SPOKANE — Guy Landry Edi came off the bench to score 15 points and spark Gonzaga to a 74-63 win over San Francisco on Thursday night.
Edi, a junior college transfer, had 10 points in the first half, one more than his previous Gonzaga high, as the Bulldogs used a closing 10-1 flourish to build a 41-32 halftime lead.
Three starters reached double figures for Gonzaga (15-3 overall, 5-1 West Coast) — Elias Harris and Robert Sacre with 14 apiece, and Kevin Pangos with 12.
Angelo Caloiaro had 14 points and nine rebounds and was the only player to score in double figures for San Francisco (12-9, 2-5), which hasn’t won a game at Gonzaga since Feb. 10, 1989.
The Dons, who got points from all eight players who got into the game, gave the Bulldogs fits in the first half, and the game was tied at 31 with four minutes to go. Then three straight turnovers led to the first six points of an 8-0 Gonzaga run.
Gonzaga went on an 11-0 run early in the second half, including back-to-back dunks by Sacre on feeds from Harris and David Stockton, to lead 57-37 with 13:32 remaining.
Down the stretch Gonzaga got every rebound, winning the battle of the boards 36-27, with Pangos, a 6-foot-1 freshman, grabbing a game-high seven.
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